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Literature | Pursy, Pursiness Broken-winded, or in a bloated state in which the wind is short and difficult. (French, poussi-f, same meaning.) A fat and pursy man. Shakespeare has "pursy Insolence," the insolence of Jesurun, "who waxed fat and kicked." In Hamlet we have "the fatness of these pursy times"- i.e. wanton or self-indulgent times. Source: Brewer's Dictionary. |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)50 55 52 53 59 2C 50 55 52 53 49 4E 45 53 53 |
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010000 01010101 01010010 01010011 01011001 00101100 00100000 01010000 01010101 01010010 01010011 01001001 01001110 01000101 01010011 01010011 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)P U R S Y ,   P U R S I N E S S |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0050 0055 0052 0053 0059 002C 0050 0055 0052 0053 0049 004E 0045 0053 0053 |
Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)5055525359142505552534348395353 |
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